Relative importance of success in sport and schoolwork

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 599-606

  Whitehead, Jean ^a   Evans, Natalie J ^b   Lee, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031255146     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.2.599     Document Type: Article

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